East Texans Honored by DPS

AUSTIN — The Public Safety Commission and DPS Director Steven C. McCraw presented 30 awards Thursday for extraordinary demonstrations of heroism. Three of those honors went to East Texans. According to KETK, Trooper Robert Bryan received a Director’s Citation for his efforts in evacuating a wounded Harrison County Sheriff’s Deputy from the scene of a gunfight on January 26, 2011. Trooper Barry Evans received a Lifesaving Award, and James Douglas Beggerly received a Director’s Award, for performing CPR on a person who had collapsed shortly after being arrested near Tyler. Public Safety Commission Chairman Allan B. Polunksy stated, “These award recipients are true Texas heroes.”